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Fiction. At times both funny and heartbreaking, these nine emotionally rich and incisive stories follow characters grappling with the unanswerable ... read full description

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We Are Never As Beautiful As We Are Now
by Adam Gallari (138 pages/Ampersand Books, 2010)


Adam Gallari’s 2010 book of short stories, We Are Never As Beautiful As We Are Now, dives deep and without mercy into the emotionally codified territory of young men, from the superstitious rituals of baseball players facing retirement at the age of 25, to the near-sociopathic detachment of a portrait artist who makes studies of his casual seductions of subjects.

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Aug 09, 2010
Benjamin rated it: 5 of 5 stars
I freaking dare you to find a more adroit depiction of the modern male psyche, hopes, desires, dreams, aspirations and actions out there. Go on, you skeptical piece of sidewalk grime, try.
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